Comment on I love science
TheBat@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Dumb meme. You can enjoy something without dedication or being good at it.
I like watching F1 highlights (not even full race lmao) and only vehicle I can drive is a bicycle. 🤷♂️
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 6 days ago
And they’re saying that’s you.
1984@lemmy.today 6 days ago
Well the meme is still stupid. :) Basically trying to say that only people who studied science are qualified to say they like science.
Engywuck@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Maybe they’re trying to say that science (at least, Phys) without advanced calculus is “just” outreach or popularization. And they’re right.
TheOakTree@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Does an F1 driver need to understand and utilize advanced calculus on the track to do well? I feel that concepts like grip/slip, aero, centripetal force, and weight transfer are intimately linked to an intuition for physics, even if they aren’t being understood at a calculus-requiring level by the driver.
Yet, I would struggle to call that situation “outreach” or “popularizarion.”
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 6 days ago
It’s saying their face goes 🫤 at the sight of hard math & theory. Does it not?
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
OP has a point. Star Wars is not science fiction, it’s religious fantasy.
It’s definitely not engineering otherwise they wouldn’t use 12 ft thick catwalks in space.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Watching races becomes way better if one plays some sim racing games and gets into adjusting the car for the track. Racing is a rare sport that one can somewhat experience themselves without athletic training.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Sure, because baseball fans are the physical elite of the sports world. Playing a video game is nothing like actual track racing.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 6 days ago
Don’t sell yourself short.
If you can ride a bicycle, you can probably handle a tricycle.
TheBat@lemmy.world 6 days ago
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